• IamSparticles@lemmy.zip
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      9 months ago

      And the leading cause of injury/fatality for police officers by far: vehicle accidents. Not being shot at.

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        That’s why they form a gang, because the only way they can feel strong is if they outnumber you.

        That’s why it takes fifteen fucking cops to “deal with” a single homeless person in a public park who isn’t bothering anybody.

        If they do that during the day, with enough people around, people will whip out their phones to record the cops and the cops will give up and leave and stop harassing.

        If they do it during the evening, and there’s not very many people around, and only one person whips out their phone… The cops will arrest the person who whipped out their phone, too, because they outnumber them.

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      Looking forward to my next traffic stop so I can mention that crossing guards have a more dangerous job than cops 🫡

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      1. Small engine mechanics
        Fatal injury rate: 15 per 100,000 workers
        Total deaths (2018): 8
        Salary: $37,840
        Most common fatal accidents: Transportation incidents, violence and other injuries by persons or animals

      What the absolute fuck?

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      Yep, and this is just tracking mortality. You would think, oh hey maybe they look better if you included things like workplace violence…nope. Pretty much 80% of work place violence happens to healthcare workers and social workers.

      So pretty much every healthcare worker has experienced more violence in their work than police officers. I’ve had patients take swings at me in my hospital, it’s a fairly natural response to being in pain, on drugs, or disoriented. But just because your occupation has the potential to introduce you to a violent environment, that doesn’t justify your own participation in it.

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        Cops will taser or shoot you before you can take a swing at them. Healthcare workers and delivery drivers don’t get tasers and guns.

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        Yes. A lot of them also involve being killed by the machines they use too. Safety measures can only go so far.